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To me, the background story is ofc that Trump & friends riled the protester during Biden's rule, and never acknowleged their defeat. Then this month, Trump's admin arrive at the (AI Paris summit and later in the München Security Summit and lecture us. This "picture " could await similar fate as the Tiananmansquere picture, which was deleted in the Chinese internet. The current reality is that their democracy, has become a parody of itself, unfortunately. Their checks and balances failing, suggests the fragility of democracy. This is ofc exactly the US claim, while it's something Europe is advocating for and trying to defend.
Don't know if this make any sense?!
Never posted a meme before, and I stole this one because I liked it.
Well personally I'm not completely convinced. After all, if not America, who? There are very few countries that can credibly "teach us about democracy". Germany? Sure! Well, certainly for a few decades at least, until a few years ago.
Because, deep down, I think JD Vance is on to something. It's not healthy in a democracy when 20% of the voters are being systematically excluded. At the very least we need to ask why those voters feel the way they do, and try to find a way of including them. That's what democracy means: allowing the people into the room where decisions are made. The firewall is not a success of German democracy, it's an admission of Germany democracy's failure.
But I do agree that the smug tone of Vance's lecture was infuriating.
What was Vance saying? Missed that.
He criticized a lot of European stands and politics including the German agreement between all democratic parties to not work with the extreme right AfD. This agreement is often called "Brandmauer" (firewall). The AfD will probably receive around 20% of the vote in next Sunday's election.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceve3wl21x1o